/*
    This file is part of KDE.

    Copyright (c) 2004 Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef KODE_TYPEDEF_H
#define KODE_TYPEDEF_H

#include <QtCore/QList>

#include <kode_export.h>

class QString;

namespace KODE {

/**
 * This is an abstract class for typedefs.
 */
class KODE_EXPORT Typedef
{
  public:
    typedef QList<Typedef> List;

    /**
     * Creates a new typedef.
     */
    Typedef();

    /**
     * Creates a new typedef from @param other.
     */
    Typedef( const Typedef &other );

    /**
     * Creates a new typedef with the given @param type and
     * @param alias.
     */
    Typedef( const QString &type, const QString &alias );

    /**
     * Destroys the typedef.
     */
    ~Typedef();

    /**
     * Assignment operator.
     */
    Typedef& operator=( const Typedef &other );

    /**
     * Returns the textual presentation of the typedef.
     */
    QString declaration() const;

  private:
    class Private;
    Private *d;
};

}

#endif
